Stomach Flashcards
mixing food with gastric juices forms a pasty substance called:
Chyme
Lesser omentum attaches attaches the lesser curvature of the stomach to the:
liver
What landmark separates the body of the stomach from the pylorus?
angular incisure
What circular muscle regulates the amount of chyme that goes from the stomach to the duodenum?
pyloric sphincter
Mucous membranes are thrown into folds called:
Rugae
What are the 3 muscle layers of the stomach?
Inner oblique, middle circular, outer longitudinal
What is the blood supply to the stomach?
Left and right gastric arteries, left and right gastro-epiploic arteries, short gastric arteries
The right gastro-epiploic artery is a branch of what artery?
gastro-duodenal
What two arteries anastamose along the greater curvature of the stomach?
Left and Right gastro-epiploic arteries
The short gastric arteries are branches of what main artery?
Splenic
What two arteries anastamose along the lesser curvature of the stomach?
Left and Right gastric arteries
Lymph drainage for the stomach?
Celiac nodes
The vagus supplies what type of nerve fibers to the stomach?
Pregg parasympathetic
What provides sympathetic innervation to the stomach?
Greater Splanchnic N. via the celiac gg
What is the blood supply to the trunk?
L & R gastric arteries
